{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Benjamin A. Saltzman - Why Turning Away Might Be an Ethical Act | STM Podcast #252","description":"On episode 252, welcome Benjamin Saltzman to discuss the gesture of turning away, the shame and grief behind it, how it became a moral topic, turning away in art and Timanthes\u2019s lost painting of Agamemnon, Plato\u2019s tripartite concept of the soul and turning away as a mark of confusion, rigidity and steadfastness as signs of courage and character, cognitive flexibility and knowing when to turn away, Hannah Arendt and misinterpreting averted gazes as the foundation of totalitarianism, and understanding aversion without its moral trappings. Benjamin A. Saltzman is associate professor of English at the University of Chicago, where he coedits the journal Modern Philology. Saltzman is the author of Bonds of Secrecy: Law, Spirituality, and the Literature of Concealment in&amp;nbsp;Early Medieval England and the coeditor of Thinking of the Medieval: Midcentury&amp;nbsp;Intellectuals and the Middle Ages. His new book, available April 6, 2026, is called Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture. | Benjamin A. Saltzman | \u25ba Website | https:\/\/www.bsaltzman.com \u25ba Twitter | https:\/\/x.com\/b_a_saltzman \u25ba Instagram | https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/b_a_saltzman \u25ba Turning Away Book | https:\/\/bit.ly\/TurningAwayBook Use the code \u201cUCPNEW\u201d for a 30% discount on Turning Away when ordering from the link above!&amp;nbsp; Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | \u25ba Facebook | https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SeizeTheMoment \u25ba Twitter | https:\/\/twitter.com\/seize_podcast \u25ba Instagram | https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seizethemoment \u25ba TikTok | https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@seizethemomentpodcast &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Seize the Moment Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/seizethemomentpodcast.libsyn.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40034110\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/198356045"}